Bank pass-book.



M. P. EXLINE.

BANK PASS BOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 19, 1913 1,1 20,463. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS P. EXLINE, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

BANK PASS-BOOK.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARCUS P. EXLINE,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bank Pass-Books; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pass books for use at banks and the like and has for an object to provide a book wherein the name of the depositor is written but once to serve both for identifying the inside and the outside of the book, such name being positioned to prevent wear and obliteration of the name.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pass book having the'top of the first leaf cut away to disclose the top of the second leaf and with an opening in the cover registering with the top of the second leaf to disclose the name of the depositor written thereon.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises a certain novel arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the improved book in perspective showing a conventional name for a bank and John Does name as that of a depositor. Fig. 2 is a view of the book in front elevation closed. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the book with the cover opened but the second leaf covered by the first. Fig. 4 is a view of the book opened showing-the pages for receiving entries of debit and credit.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved pass book which forms the subject matter of this application comprises a cover 10 of substantially the usual and ordinary form and proportion whose front leaf is provided with a slight opening 11 adjacent the top. This sight opening may be covered by a transparent sheet or not as circumstances may make desirable. The first leaf 12 is as usual blank upon the cover side and ruled upon its inner side as at 9 for the debit account, and it is cut short at the top as at 8 to disclose the top of the second leaf 13. The second leaf has its first page ruled as at 8 for the credit account and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed August 19, 1913. Serial No. 785,577.

near its upper end it is provided with a line 7 for the name 6 of the depositor, herein shown as John Doe. By preference this page also 1s properly provided at its top with the name of the bank, as indicated at 14, while the name of the bank also appears at 15 upon the cover of the book. When the book 1s closed, as shown at Fig. 2, the name of thebank appearing upon the second leaf at I L 1s not visible so that the name of the depositor is associated with the name of the bank appearing at 15 upon the outside of the book. When the book is opened either as shown at Figs. 3 or 4 the name of the bank upon the exterior of the book is not visible and the name of the depositor is associated with the name of the bank appearrng upon the top of the second leaf. It w1ll be apparent that by providing the outlook opening 11 and cutting away the first leaf at 8 the name of the depositor written upon the second sheet in association with thename of the bank serves the pur pose of ldentifying the book from the inside when opened, and when closed also serves the purpose of identifying the book from the outside. As ordinarily used the name of the depositor is written upon the outside of the book upon the cover and is also written upon the inside at the head of the credit page requiring that the name must be written twice. While this entails work and consequent expenditure of time such work and time is not so objectionable as the fact that upon any material yet discovered for bank books the name written in ink is not permanent and very quickly becomes obliterated so that upon the outside the book is with difiiculty identified. In the present invention the name is written upon paper which as distinguished from leather or other cover material retains the writing and is also either covered by the transparent sheet in the sight opening 11 or if no such transparent sheet is employed then is depressed below the surface of the book cover and not subjected to wear the same as though appearing upon the cover proper.

As seen in Fig. 4, when the book is opened the debit and credit pages 9 and 8 are exposed; and, while the first two pages may be a little short as the upper end of the first leaf is cut away and the caption of the credit page occupies a little space, the ruling throughout the remainder of the book may be that ordinarily followed in deposit books of this Therefore, the present.

the name of the bank is usually printed at the head of the first debit page. No more work is involved to print this at the head of the first credit page as herein shown, and it is quite obvious that this need not necessarily be repeated on the outside of the book, as at 15, although such would be my preference.

I claim:

A bank deposit book wherein the first leaf Copies oi this patent may be obtained for is cut away at its top and ruled on its secand at the top of the same a space in which the depositors name is to be written, and

the front leaf of the cover has an opening disclosing said name when the book is closed. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A v MARCUS P. EXLINE. Witnesses:

' S. J. BOEDEFELD,

J. L.J0LEU'N.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0." 

